Author: Feyisayo Helen

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Angolan social media influencer in Angola, Ana da Silva Miguel, known as Neth Nahara, has seen her prison sentence increased to two years for “insulting” President João Lourenço on TikTok. She was initially sentenced to six months in August, but an appeal court decided the previous sentence was too lenient and raised it to two years. Ms. Miguel accused the president on her TikTok account of “anarchy and disorganization,” and blamed him for issues like the lack of schools, housing, and employment in the country. President Lourenço was re-elected for a second term…

Nigerian Afrobeats artiste, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, failed to win in any of his seven nominations at the 2023 BET Hip-Hop Awards. The awards ceremony was held on October 3 at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center and was later broadcast on Tuesday, October 10. Burna Boy was toppled by American rapper Kendrick Lamar in the categories of Hip Hop Artist of the Year, Lyricist of the Year, and Best Live Performer of the Year. He also lost the Hustler of the Year award to 50 Cent and the Best Collaboration of the Year award for…

Phrank Shaibu, a Special Assistant on Public Communications to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, remark on the alleged forgery of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records. He said BBC erred in its ‘fact-check’ report, claiming that there was no evidence that forged his Chicago State University certificate. Shaibu, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, alleged that the report was part of “a hatchet job, “ aimed at turning the tide in Tinubu’s favour, adding that, “the outrage it had solicited from the generality of Nigerians was enough evidence to show that the…

Michael McCaul, the chairman of the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, has disclosed that Egypt warned Israel of potential violence three days before Hamas launched a deadly attack on the Israelis at the border. McCaul made this known while speaking to reporters on Wednesday, adding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the reports as “absolutely false”. According to BBC, Israeli intelligence services are under scrutiny for their failure to prevent the deadliest attack by Palestinian militants in Israel’s 75-year history. “We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this…

American actress Jada Pinkett Smith recently disclosed that she and her husband, Will Smith, have been separated since 2016. She said they have been discreetly living separately for the past seven years, openly acknowledging that they are in the process of determining the future of their marriage. The actress, 52, said this in an interview with Sky’s US partner network NBC News. In an exclusive clip from her upcoming NBC News primetime special with Hoda Kotb, Pinkett Smith mentioned that they haven’t previously announced their separation because they simply trying to ‘figure out’ to do so. According to Jada, she…

A medical doctor in Palestine, upon hearing the news of her husband’s demise, wailed and swore in agony in a video trending on social media. The woman could be seen shedding tears as she discovered the body of her husband was among the dead at the hospital she works in. Footage shared on social media showed the woman running outside the entrance of the hospital after discovering her husband’s death. The video, captured by Palestinian journalist Hani Aburezeq, was filmed at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Monday, October 9. According to reports, the woman had been helping Palestinian patients injured…

There is outrage over the Lagos State Police Command declaration of a Nigerian punter, Killaboi, wanted months after he confessed to killing his girlfriend on social media. In a series of posts shared on his Twitter handle on July 17, Killaboi claimed he “mistakenly” stabbed his girlfriend after they got into an argument. Augusta was reportedly missing for days until her mother went to Killaboi’s house at Oral Estate in the Ikota area of Lagos state to look for her. Prior to the incident, the mother had tried to reconcile Augusta and her boyfriend over an issue they had. Killaboi,…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Shortly after the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had denied storming the home of popular Nigerian singer John Njeng-Ngeng, aka Skales, they made a U-turn to confirm arresting two suspected internet fraudsters at House F10, Victoria Crest 4, Lekki, Lagos. A statement by the acting spokesman of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, said the arrest was carried out by operatives of the Lagos Command on Tuesday, October 10, at the residence of the musician. The suspects, according to Oyewale, are: Udemba Chukwuemeka( a.k.a Jody) and Jamal Jamiu Onasola( a.k.a. Jamal).…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) -Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arevalo has reacted to the ongoing protests over accusations of the attorney general’s office trying to undermine his landslide electoral victory in August. He said on Monday the government is using violence to counter protests and create tension which could be used as an excuse for declaring a state of “siege,” even as the government announced tighter measures. According to Reuters, ongoing protests entered their eighth straight day on Monday, with Guatemalans taking to the streets to demand the resignation of authorities from the attorney general’s office, which has faced international…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The coroner inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, on Monday, listened to the testimony of the deceased’s mom, Mrs Rosemary Oromoni. Recall that sometime in December 2021, a disturbing video of a pre-teen boy writhing in pain was posted online. In the footage, the boy, a pupil of Dowen College, a boarding secondary school in the highbrow Lekki Phase 1 estate in Lagos, seemed to be fighting for his life. A few days later, the boy, named Sylvester Oromoni, same…